Every year, each TLD office sponsors families in local communities to contribute our share of holiday cheer. This year, we have continued the tradition of extending our hands and opening our hearts.
Long Beach Adopted Family
The Long Beach office of TLD was fortunate enough to be able to adopt a family assigned by St. Mary’s Medical Center: two girls, ages 2 and 8, and one boy, age 6. St. Mary Medical Center is a 389-bed hospital offering award-winning services to the people of beautiful Long Beach, California. Starting in 1923, St. Mary’s began creating a culture of caring and innovation that you see prevails today. The Long Beach office generously provided toys for all 3 children and a $160 cash donation for the family to purchase groceries for the holidays. Lorraine Bornstein delivered the gifts to the hospital on November 30th.
Irvine Adopted Family
The Irvine office adopted the Garcia family: Crescencio (dad), Domitila (mother), and three girls, Monica (age 6), Gabriela (age 12), and Sandra (age 15). The family was struggling due to Dad’s hours being cut at work. They asked for only the necessities, but everyone in the Irvine office contributed $20, Mark Doyle gave a $50 gift card winnings from the TLD firm-wide Halloween contest, and other people brought in gently used items the family could use (coats, sweaters, etc.). Jena Rivera brought in a beautiful quilt, extra toys, and Dianne Liebbrecht contributed extra gifts. The firm purchased gifts, and gave them $120 gift card to Albertsons and the $50 dollar AMex card. Jena Rivera dropped off the boxes last Thursday.
Downey Adopted Family
The Downey office’s family came to us from Exchange Club Center. This is a family who has had more than their share of difficulty and despair. Rosalie is a 26-year-old who took custody of her nieces and nephew approximately six months ago. The children, Lawrence, Katrina and Adrina were being raised for many years by their grandmother, Norma. Sadly, Norma passed away due to long-term health problems. Prior to her death, Norma had asked Rosalie to make the commitment to take custody of the three children; she agreed despite knowing this would pose great challenges, to say the least, as Rosalie has two young children of her own, one of which is special needs. Rosalie has yet to receive any governmental financial assistance for taking guardianship of the three children and the family is surviving on the income of Rosalie’s boyfriend, father of her children. Their wish list consisted of clothes and a few fun items (dolls, cd’s, ect.). The kids each received atleast 4 items on their list. In addition, they were given $100 gift certificate to Albertsons. Gifts were delivered last Friday by Joseph Santana.
TLD is committed to the well-being of their communities. If you are interested in contributing time or otherwise to TLD’s charitable outreach programs, do not hesitate to contact us. We and our communities welcome helping hands.
